St Mary's Church, Wollaton Park
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52°56′50″N 01°11′09″W / 52.94722°N 1.18583°W
| St. Mary's Church, Wollaton Park | |
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 St. Mary's Church, Wollaton Park | |
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| Denomination | Church of England |
| Churchmanship | Conservative Evangelical |
| Website | www.stmaryswollatonpark.co.uk |
| History | |
| Dedication | St. Mary |
| Administration | |
| Province | York |
| Diocese | Southwell and Nottingham |
| Parish | Wollaton |
| Clergy | |
| Bishop(s) | The Rt Revd Paul Williams, Bishop of Southwell and Nottingham |
| Vicar(s) | The Revd Robert Brewis |
St. Mary's Church, Wollaton Park, is a parish church in the Church of England. It is located in Wollaton, Nottingham.
History
[edit]St. Mary's Wollaton Park was designed by the architect Thomas Cecil Howitt and was opened in 1939.
The church was originally served by curates from Holy Trinity Church, Lenton, but in 1957 it became a parish church in its own right.
List of incumbents
[edit]- Revd E. Strickland
- ?
- Revd Robin Fletcher, c. 1963-1973
- Revd Malcolm Kitchen c. 1973-1988
- Revd Frank Sudworth
- ?
- Revd Henry Curran 2007–2021[1]
- Revd Robert Brewis 2023-Present
Controversies
[edit]In December 2024, a Bishop Disciplinary Tribunal found that the Revd Henry Curran's conduct was unbecoming or inappropriate to the office and work of a clerk in Holy Orders. At his time at St Mary's he exhibited coercive and controlling behaviour, showed an unacceptable lack of self-control in failing to control his anger towards parishioners and failed to put in place and/or maintain appropriate professional and pastoral boundaries by allowing incidences of inappropriate nudity to take place.[1]
Features
[edit]It contains a font which is modelled on the 12th century one from Lenton Priory now in Holy Trinity Church, Lenton.
Organ
[edit]The organ was built by J. W. Walker & Sons Ltd in 1938. The instrument has been erected in a divided position at the west end of the church, the detached console being placed at rear of the choir stalls on the south side of the chancel.
Organists
[edit]- Dennis Marriot 1938-1941 from Holy Trinity Church, Lenton
- Mr. Towlson 1942
- Mr. Whitehead 1943-1951
- Mr. Williams 1952
- Mr. Baker 1953-1956
- David Reynolds 1957-1965
- P.L. Noble 1965
- Mr. Kirk 1966-1968
- Peter Price 1968-1974
- Mr. Welton 1974
- Mr. Beck 1974-
- Mrs. C. Smith 1977
- Mr. D Laregrove 1981
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "IN THE MATTER OF A COMPLAINT UNDER THE CLERGY DISCIPLINE MEASURE 2003 BEFORE THE BISHOP'S DISCIPLINARY TRIBUNAL FOR THE DIOCESE OF SOUTHWELL AND NOTTINGHAM" (PDF). Church of England. 23 January 2025. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
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